"EEOC Sues Beavers’ Inc. / Arby’s For Sexual Harassment of Teen Workers", 31 Mar 2018

Beavers' Inc., doing business as several Arby's franchises in the Southeast, violated federal law when it subjected several teenaged female employees at an Atmore, Ala., Arby's to sexual harassment at its location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on March 30, 2018.  According to the EEOC's lawsuit, in May 2016, Arby's hired a team leader trainee with a known history of sexual harassment who repeatedly pressured young female employees to have sex with him, and regularly used sexually graphic language to describe sexual acts he sought to perform on female employees and customers...The EEOC further contends that these employees and others complained about the harassment up the chain of command to supervisors and managers, but Arby's took no action for several months until the harasser physically injured one of the victims...[R]egional attorney for the EEOC's Birmingham District, said, "Employers have an obligation to provide a workplace free from sexual harassment, and that obligation is not met solely by having a written policy. Employers must take complaints of sexual harassment seriously and act promptly to stop harassment of their workers."...